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> entire geographic areas will be cancelled from internet services just because of the risk. Hmm. Like if a city or neighborhood is low income, they might pira
by Keverw 7y ago
> entire geographic areas will be cancelled from internet services just because of the risk.
Hmm. Like if a city or neighborhood is low income, they might pirate more? So don't give them internet access at all? Kinda like how insurance companies think males are worse drivers I guess or some sort of pre-crime thing. I guess instead of cutting people off totally, you could just create an internet risk score and charge rates based on that? Factor in your location, profession, age, if you are married or not, credit score, smoker or not, etc.
If that happened pretty sad then. Some jobs you can only apply online, I guess some retail jobs don't even print applications anymore and then if you were applying for tech pretty sure Google doesn't print out job applications either. The internet seems just as important as water, electric or phone. I think businesses and other organizations just assume you have it now.
Then not everyone has smartphones either or want smartphones. Someone I know isn't tech-savvy and still has a flip phone. Their insurance agent told them about their new app that could lower your rates that you keep open while driving, I guess it uses the accelerometer (while other companies offer a thing that plugs into the OBD2 port) but I guess he couldn't believe about not having a smartphone in this day and age. I know I couldn't stand using a flip phone, texting and voicemail access was a nightmare, but some people still just want a phone that can actually only just make phone calls.
Then for other people their smartphone is their only access to the internet, which a smartphone is nice to have when away from your computer but I couldn't stand if it was my only device... Even a cheap Chromebook probably be more useful if using the internet a lot.
- unlinked_dll 7y agoin many places, telcos have a legal obligation to serve communities. The quality/price of that service might be shit, but you’re not going to see telcos back out of low income neighborhoods. They’ll just increase prices.
- Clubber 7y ago>Like if a city or neighborhood is low income, they might pirate more? Could be as simple as a neighborhood has a lot of teenage boys in it.